Data Sheet
Datasheet
TEK.COM30
Measurement Speed Specifications
 1, 2, 3
 (All Instruments)
Maximum Sweep Operation Rates (operations per second) for 60Hz (50Hz):
A/D Converter 
Speed Trigger Origin
Measure 
To Memory 
Using User 
Scripts
Measure 
To GPIB Using 
User Scripts
Source 
Measure  
To Memory 
Using 
User Scripts
Source 
Measure  
To GPIB Using 
User Scripts
Source 
Measure  
To Memory 
Using 
Sweep API
Source 
Measure  
To GPIB Using 
Sweep API
0.001 NPLC Internal 20000 (20000) 10500 (10500) 7000 (7000) 6200 (6200) 12000 (12000) 5900 (5900)
0.001 NPLC Digital I/O 8100 (8100) 7100 (7100) 5500 (5500) 5100 (5100) 1120 0 (1120 0) 5700 (5700)
0.01 NPLC Internal 5000 (4000) 4000 (3500) 3400 (3000) 3200 (2900) 4200 (3700) 3100 (2800)
0.01 NPLC Digital I/O 3650 (3200) 3400 (3000) 3000 (2700) 2900 (2600) 4150 (3650) 3050 (2775)
0.1 NPLC Internal 580 (490) 560 (475) 550 (465) 550 (460) 575 (480) 545 (460)
0.1 NPLC Digital I/O 560 (470) 450 (460) 545 (460) 540 (450) 570 (480) 545 (460)
1.0 NPLC Internal 59 (49) 59 (49) 59 (49) 59 (49) 59 (49) 59 (49)
1.0 NPLC Digital I/O 58 (48) 58 (49) 59 (49) 59 (49) 59 (49) 59 (49)
Maximum Single Operation Rates (operations per second) for 60Hz (50Hz):
A/D Converter Speed Trigger Origin Measure To GPIB Source Measure To GPIB
Source Measure 
Pass/Fail To GPIB
0.001 NPLC Internal 1900 (1800) 1400 (1400) 1400 (1400)
0.01   NPLC Internal 1450 (1400) 1200 (1100) 110 0 (110 0)
0.1 NPLC Internal 450 (390) 425 (370) 425 (375)
1.0 NPLC Internal 58 (48) 57 (48) 57 (48)
Maximum Measurement Range Change Rate   
<150 µs for ranges >10 µA, typical. When changing to or from a range ≥1 A, maximum rate is 
<450 µs, typical.
Maximum Source Range Change Rate   
<2.5 ms for ranges >10 µA, typical. When changing to or from a range ≥1 A, maximum rate is 
<5.2 ms, typical.
Maximum Source Function Change Rate   
<1 ms, typical.
Command Processing Time  Maximum time required for the output to begin to change following the receipt of the smux.source.levelv or 
smux.source.leveli command. <1 ms typical.
NOTES
1.  Tests performed with a 2602B, 2612B, or 2636B on Channel A using the following equipment: PC Hardware (Pentium
®
 4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, National Instruments PCI-GPIB). Driver 
(NI-486.2 Version 2.2 PCI-GPIB). Software (Microsoft
®
 Windows
®
 2000, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, VISA version 4.1).
2.  Exclude current measurement ranges less than 1 mA.
3.  2635B/2636B with default measurement delays and filters disabled.
Triggering and Synchronization Specifications
 1
Triggering
Trigger in to Trigger Out  0.5 µs, typical.
Trigger in to Source Change
 2
 10 µs, typical.
Trigger Timer Accuracy  ±2 µs, typical.
Source Change
 2
 After LXI Trigger   
280 µs, typical.
Synchronization  Single-Node Synchronized Source Change
 2
: <0.5 µs, typical. 
Multi-Node Synchronized Source Change
 2
: <0.5 µs, typical.
NOTES
1.  TSP-Link not available on 2604B, 2614B, and 2634B.
2.  Fixed source range, with no polarity change.










